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At, ' . ‘. •i4f, .:" , - -1.; ~-7 , ,-• - + yl`r•' i g i . / ';' , , DI '-' ... . ;', liq!. , ' I ,•- •, 0 • ' 9. , . - -..r. nil - ---" 1' I -1-11 C 4 r l l l4 IT 10 C.) TISkT ~ "Ern .\ , i --, - TT -.-- - THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. For the BENEFIT of the DESTITUTE POLISH EXILES. THIS EVENING will be perf orme d Th e much_ THIS Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE. H aw th orn , ° Mr. Kinw ; Young, - Meadows, Mr. Granville ; Rosetta, Mrs. Wayl e tt ; Madg e , Airs. Fitzwilliam. After which—THE IRISH ANIBASSADOR ; Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. Power. To conclude with_ WEAK POINTS. Jemmy Weedle, Mr. Buck stone. The Cachucha Dance, by Mdlle. Celeste. Further parti culars will appear in the printed Bills.—Tickets to be bad at the Polish Association, 10, Duke-street, St. James's; and at the Hay market Theatre. :es eomprcmiied in seeking WITH WHI PORATED. No. 14.254. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1838 PRICE sd. IS. G., per Messrs. Couttsß 1 0 Hon. B. Watson 'H. Labouchere, Esq lO 0 Hon. A. Barington.. David BpiMe, Esq 5 0 Mr. F. Bircham... ...... 1 1 ROYAL ACADEMY, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE. T HE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA DEMY IS NOW OPEN. Admission (from Eight o'Cloek till Seven) One Shilling. Catalogue One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, RA., Sec. ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY. DESTITUTION of the POLISH REFUGEES. The LITERARY ASSOCIATION o f th e Friends of Poland most gratefully acknowledge the following Subscriptions and Donations for the Council. Hon. Mrs. Singleton ...XlO D. S. per Hon. Mrs Singleton 1 0' T. H. Fi s k 2O 1 B. 11. Beaumont, Esq. H. per Messrs. Coutts 1 0 1 °. E P. per S. G norows ki , sq ...... 5 0 Miss Smyth Dr Calvert 1 1 C. Sankey, Esq 1 0 Miss C. B. Maxwell Patrick Stewart, Esq 5O; R. H. G. p er M essrs Coutts 5 0 per Messrs. Coutts ttev. C. Mackenzie Two Ladies, per Messrs. Coutts Wedgwood Esq 0 Dm T. A. H. Grubbc 1 1 Frederick Pigou, Esq. 5 5 W., par Messrs. Coutts 2 0 Sir G. and Lady Martin... 5 0 , Widow of S T. D., per I B. Z. 18. Z., per Colonel Lach II Szyrnia Lady M. C. Bentinek 2 0 'IF. M., per Hon. Mrs Singleton ,Hon. Aliss Upton W. W., per Dr. Blundell 1 0 'T. Saunders, Esq., per do. 1 1 J. M., at Sunderland, per the Editor Sun News paper Sun Newspaper, per Dr Blundell On behalf of the Council, E. S. BLUNDELL, M.D., Hon. Secretary. 10 , Duke-strect, St. James's. Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Dr. Blundell, lion. Secretary, at tho Chambers of the Association ; by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross; Smith, Payne, and Co., King William-street; and also by the Editors of the Public Press. OPENING of the LONDON and BIRMING HAM V ISITORS to BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. will find every DOMESTIC COMFORT, on the MOST ECONOMICAL TERMS., at the PUMP COMMERCIAL TAVERN (opposite the Old Church) BULL RING. It is within five minutes walk of the Post-office, and all the Public Buildings. THOMAS EVANS, Proprietor. . . LONDON and SOUTHAMPON RAILWAY. The Public is informed that the LONDON and WEST MINSTER STEAM-BOATS will RUN, ON and AFTER MONDAY NEXT, the 21st instant, TO and FROM the SO UTHAMPTON RAILWAY, as follow :- I'B,OX DYER'S HALL WHARF, FROM HUNGERFORD m.orningTHA.M. ES-STREET. MARKET i past 7 Morning Ditto ............ past 9 Ditto Afternoon — - A .- past 12 Afternoon i past 12 Ditto -i-. to 3 Ditto 3 Ditto Morning SUNDAYS. SUNDAYS. i past 6 Morning - past 6 Ditt o - past 8 Afternoo n i past 4 Afternoon i past 4 - 1, Ditt o . . past 6 Ditto past 6 i'•B.—These Boats will leave the Railway for London, imme diately after the arrival of the Trains at Nine Elms ; they will also C t ar ry Passengers resident about Vauxhall, landing and embarking tern at the Railway Terminus, at Nine Elms.—Fare 4d. -_------__ THAMES HAVEN DOCK and RAIL-WAY COMANY. Notice i s hereby given, that al ` the SCRIP CERTIFICATES V' this COMPANY, which shall not be REGIS' i eRED on :?: t Tuanar, the 19th instant, will be declared ab s olu andirtsi `7BlY FORFEITED. 13y order, HENRY AMSINCK, Seeretaly. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Office, 28, Aloorrate-street, May 11th, 1838. - THAMES HAVEN DOCK, r , ) at the Entrance of the River, between Gravesend and uthend, on the Northern Bank, 36 miles from London-bridge. CONTRACTS FOR WORKS. TO BE CONTRACTED FOR, IN ONE SUM, the CON TRu CTION of this DOCK. Plans, Sections, and Speeiica "°ns may be seen at the Office of Mr. Giles, Engineer to the Com pany, Beaufort-buildings Strand. , Sealed Tenders are to be sent to the Office of the Company, on or before the 4th June next ; and the Directors do not bind them selves to accept the Lowest Tender. By Order of the Court, HENRY AMSINCK, Secretary. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Office, Moorgate-street, May 2d, 1838. lIRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY, CONTRACTS FOR WORKS. Notioe is hereby given, that the Directors will receive, at their „ Cl f fri x e,e in Broad-street, Bristol, on or before TUESDAY, the 29th at Twfollelve o'Clock, TENDERS for the execution of the s wing Contracts : CONTRACT 1, B. The Exc ava ti on and formation of the Earthwork, and the Con ,,„--letien of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the ; ` completion (excepting the Materials for, and the Forming ofe end e Permanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending from f Contract N.. 4, A (the Boundary ditch of the parishes N O , • ,Tl'sharn and South Brent), to the Bound a ary-fence between 't and 75 - in the arish of South Brent, distance of about 2 miles and 5 chains. 1.) CONTRACT 2, B. The excavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con struction of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the entire completion (excepting, the Materials for, and the Forming the per manent Way) of that portion of the Railway extending here the end of Contract 1, B, to the Boundary-Fence, between Nos. 46 and 47, in the parish of Burnham, a distance of about 2 miles and 7 chains. CONTRACT 3, B. The Excavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con struction of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the entire completion (excepting the Materials for, and the forming the permanent way) of that portion of the Railway extending from the end of Contract 2, B, to the Boundary-fence between Nos. 21 and '24, in the parish of Bridgwater, a distance of about 61 miles. The Earthwork in Contracts], B, and 2, Ti, consi.ts principally of the formation of a Causeway of from 1 to 4 feet in height, the materials being obtained from the side ditches ; and,i n Contract 3, 11, it is of the same description, with the exception of a short Cutting at Puriton, of about 150,000 cube yards. CONTRACT 4, B. The Erection of a Bridge of 100 feet span, across the River Parrot, at a short distanee above the town of Bridgwater. Drawina - s and Specifications of the above Works will be exhi- Zt cd at the Engineer's Office, Coro na ti on - roa d, B r i s t o l, an d a t th e l i "ense Hotel, Bridgewater, on and after Mond a y, th e 14th of II next. rioted Forms of Tender may be had at the same places, and Company's Offices, Broad-street, Bristol. he Directors will nit consider themselves bound to aceept the ( riot Tender, and they expect the several parti es t o a tt en d a t the d f ase, in Broad-street, Bristol, at Twelve o'Cloak on the said 29th ay Of M ' a J. B. BADHAM, Secretary. y Exeter Railway Office ,30, Broad-street, April 17, 1835. JKLEYSER and TRITSCIILER, CLOCK MANUFACTURERS, 405, Oxford-street, between Dean -street and Charles-street, Soho, have received a fresh supply 31 large Musical Clocks, Barrel-Organs, Accordions and Musical , i ( i ) x?s; also Figures for Artists, of all sizes, Toys, &c. Clocks of kinds always ready, in good going order, at the lowest prices, 'warranted, or exchanged gratis within one year if not approved. Repairing done, in general, and the Trade supplied. 405, OXFORD-STREET. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, MARQUEE, TENT, FLAG, and RICK-CLOTH MANUFACTURER, 2 ' L UKE -STREET, SOUTHWARK, respectfully informs the:Nobility 4 " Gentry that he has prepared for Sale an extensive Stock of Mar roees and T en t s, a d m i ra bly a d a pt e d fi r H or ti cu lt ura l and Floricultural ci eties, Archery Meetings, Cricket Clubs, Public Dinners, Fetes, and Ta ney Fairs. se great variety of Marquees, Tents, and Rick-cloths, with Poles, ~e • complete. New and Second-hand, for Salo or Hire. Netting and untin for Fruit-trees. Archangel Mats, Tulip Covers, Sun Blinds, 44 c. Flags and Banner, either Silk or Buntin. per post, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. or 208, Piccadilly. DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS. care not how I am physicked, so it be not by the adventure of a but advice of a physician, who I am sure will prescribe no more bit• e than m a y Consist with my safety, and need duth require."— Old C. THESE LIVER PILLS have now estalolished ~ themselves as a favourite FAMILY APERIENT, as a ale and sure Destroyer of WORMS in Children, as a most effec tual remedy for an INACTIVE LIVER, and, consequently, as an ANTI -BILIOUS. Obstinate Sores heal, and the STONE and GRAVEL are invariably cured under a course of them. The Oc ▪ casional us e o f th ese Pill s , i n stead of any other Aperient,.ren- Zlfew n rs the C omp l ex i on b eaut if u ll y c l ear , an d free from Eruptions. :anY Dighroptssicbef al p or er e a VOyage,sons are now they pre never wivhetout these Pills. Taken prevent Sea-sickness. They Z r tain no Aloes, Gamboge, or Colocynth ; occasioning no Piles , any pain in their operation. -11 y Permission of the Board of Stamps and Taxes at Somerset h`4, the Proprietor has had the Name of his invaluable Medicine , Dr. JOHN ARMSTRONG'S LIVER PILLS," ENGRAVED WHITE LETTERS on the Government Stamp, to which he 4 .-,.nr!tinues to affix, in red wax, his Coat of Arms, a Tower on a Shield of ermine and gold. The LIVER PILL are now prepared only by the Proprietor's ,"'T Compou n di ng A gen t s , Ed w . Winstanley and Son, 7, Poultry, ondon, i n t h e stea d o f J o h n T. Edd y , o f Bi s h o p Sto r tf o rd, who ceased to b e th e P ropr i e t or ' s A gen t on the 9th February, 1838, o ut f continues, he, his heirs, administrators, and assigns, by virtue 7 agreement duly stamped and executed, bearing date October • '837, liable to a penalty of 500/. if he or they ever divulge the Oilier Pills of his or their preparing, under the name of Dr. John rit,lstrong's Liver Pills. he Trade is informed that the Proprietor, a Gentleman of pH cva.te fortune, h as di rec t e d hi s ne w Agents to put 13 Boxes into e ry Dozen-packet, and that the Is. 1(1. size only will now be \v e e r ed. Messis. Winstanley are to supply only the London olesale Hou-'es • to whom, therefore, Retailers are requested to addres 3 their orders.' Sold retail by all Patent Medicine Venders, in boxes, aceom- Panied with the late Dr. Armstrong's own Directions, and some Interesting cases, at Is. 1/d. each. N- 11 . —Ask for " IV John Armstrong's Liver Pills." O RDON'S SPECIFIC MIXTURE. i- Phis tr 1 ci,)., e decided f,'(:tri th valuable Medicine is -confidently recommended, u y preference already established, as being the most etlica atid :Z e medy for all affections of the Urethra, without i , d icing nausea b . • ''' s of apnetite complained of in other medicines, and may be taken fKettil'"'" t delicat e with the greatest safety. The ingredients are per evil Y,,,,,,h„a-' l, 2 l eig t acting only on the parts a ff ected, and not leaving behind their - "'c''' which render it daubtitil whether the remedy be not worse ....an the ..,,, et 'e disease. It will not only be found the most effatual, but by far the a-apest medicine prescriLed, being sold in half and pint bottles, 2s. 9,1 , ' t 44 .6 d., each. Two 01 the latter, in very inveterate cases, almost in. v ariably eff , ectine a Lure To be had - • thu kiiVoni. from ail wholesale and retail venders of patentimedic. ; ne., in Full ditections arc attached to each bottle. NEGRO EMANCIPATION. AT a MEETING of the FREEHOLDERS and other Inhabitants of the County of ESSEX, held at the Town-hall, Chelmsford, on Tnunsosir, 17th May instant, The High Sheriff, W. COTTON, Esq., in the Chair, The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Moved by the Rev. HENRY BULL; seconded by J. H. Parrisolr, Esq. " That this Meeting feels called upon to express its deep sorrow at the defeat of Sir George Stricklands's motion for the entire emancipa tion of the Negro population on the lst of August next ; and considers the nation bound to persevere in its efforts for the immediate extinction of its present cruel system of Apprenticeship in our Colonies—the more so as it cannot contemplate without the most serious apprehensions, the approaching period when a numerous class, who have looked for the en joyment of freedom, will find themselves deprived of it, in consequence offraudulent registration; and when the vast majority of the Negroes who are registered as prxdials, contrasting their situation with that of their more fortunate brethren, may be unable any longer patiently to endure their aggravated wrongs." Moved by Mr. BRANFILL ; seconded by E. BRRW6TER, Esq. " That this country having had abundant proof that no remedy for the evils of slavery will ever be impartially and faithfully applied by persons who consider themselves benefited by its continuance, and who aro incapable from the habits of society, and from the general tone of public feeling in the Colonies, of properly estimating the peculiar miseries of a state of bondage,—this meeting deeply regrets that by the Bill recently passed for the amendment of the Act of 1833, the Government has again confided the honour of the nation and the interests of the • slave to the hands of the colonists." Moved by W. G. GIBsoN, Esq., Saf''on Walden; seconded by GEORGE TnoMP3oN, Edinburgh. That this Meeting, firmly persuaded that the immediate, entire, and unqualified Abolition of the Apprenticeship system is the only safe and certain cure for the evils acknowledged to exist (and that such a mea sure would not only be compatible with the interest of the Planters, but is necessary for their true and permanent prosperity), rejoices to learn that Sir Eardley Wilmot has pledged himself to introduce a motion into the House of Commons, having that object in view, on the 23d Instant" AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL ANTI- SLAVERY SOCIETY, held on TUESDAY, the 15th day of May, 1838, It was unanimously resolved;— " That this Committee have learned with feelings of the deepest concern and regret, that the Right honourable Lord Charles Fitz roy, whose conduct in voting in favour of Sir George Strickland's motion, entitles him to the respect of every friend of humanity, should have been made a victim to his principles, by being removed from the office of Vice-Chamberlain to her Majesty; particularly as the adherents of Ministers have been allowed to differ from them far more widely on many political questions, without being visited with dismissal from office, or the loEs of Ministerial suppoit." EDWARD CROPPER, Chairman. THE AUSTRALASIAN LOAN COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that Applications for Shares in this Com pany will not be received after the 21st instant. By order of the Provincial Committee, FREDERIC BOUCHER, Manager. 29, Token House-yard, London, May 16,1838. 14INGLISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 14J CONVENIENT ROOMS for the use of this SOCIETY have been engaged at No. 5, CAVENDISH-SQUARE, where the Committee meets every WEDNESDAY, at Twelve o'Clock. Subscriptions to the Society may be paid into the hands of all Country Bankers, who are requested to receive and forward them to Messrs. Drummond and Co., the Society's Bankers. All communications should be addressed, post-paid, to the Se cretary, who attends daily at No. 5, Cavendish-square, from Twelve to Three o'Clock. STEAM from LONDON to YARMOUTH and NORWICH, front alongside St. Katherine Steam Wharf. The Splendid and Elegant New Steamer CIRCASSIAN, 400 tons, 150 horse power, leaves the above Wharf every SATU RDAY EVENING, at Ten o'clock, and returns from Yarmouth every Wednesday. Saloon, 123.—Fore Cabin, 6s. Passengers will find this an expeditious and desirable conveyance. The trip is estimated at thirteen hours. Shippers will experience great advantages by having their Goods conYoyed with the greatest certainty, at the same rate, as by sailing craft. Hammond and Cherry, Yarmouth; W. Bell, Norwich; St. Katherine Steam Wharf; or the Depot, 41, Fish-street hill, London. CHELTENHAM. LAMB INN AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL. TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS. RICHARD HULBERT, Proprietor of the above Establishment, begs most respectfully to inform the Commercial World, and his supporters generally, that he has ea. larged his Premises to double their former extent, and presumes that the comfort and accommodation, which he shall in future be enabled to afford his guests, will be such as cannot be surpassed by any other house in the Kingdom. Spacious, lofty, and well ventilated bed-rooms, large aid elm manding sitting and dining-rooms. Good Stabling, with Lock-up Coach-houses. Wines of the first Vintage, and Spirits of the greatest purity. The most polite attention will on all occasions be shown, and the former Moderate Prices rigidly adhered to. 3 0 5 0 IMPERIAL HOTEL, COVENT-GARDEN. RWALTERS begs respectfully to inform Gen . tlemen and 'Families visiting London, that he has suc ceeded the late Mr. White in the above Hotel ; and having newly fitted it up with every convenience, he solicits a continuance of their patronage and support. May, 1638. OXFORD ARMS INN and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, KINGTON. EDWARD ELLIS, the present and sole proprietor of this Hotel, conceives it to be necessary to the advancement of the future interests of the Establishment, upon which he has so recently entered, to state distinctly, and thus publicly, that the business in its various departments will be conducted under his own immediate and personal superintendence, and he anxiously avails himself of the earliest opportunity to assure the Nobility, Gentry, Commercial, and Agricultural public, that it will at all times be his first and earnest desire to secure the unqualified approbation of those who may be pleased to honour him with their patronage, by pursuinr , a liberal and just course in the general management of the establish ment, blended with that respectful attention to the comforts of visitors to the Hotel, which he has ever regarded as a duty strictly imposed upon those who seek public favor. Being determined to act upon those professions, E. Ellis relies with confidence upon public support and encouragement. Kington, May 16, 1831‘. O BE SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, An excellent FAMILY RESIDENCE, in complete re pair, with suitable Outbuildings and Walled Garden, in a Midland County, within less than two hours' drive of the London and Liver pool Railways, together with 55 acres of superior Land surrounding it, which will be sold altogether, for considerably less than the cost of the house, outbuildings, and garden walls, with immediate pos session. For further particulars apply to Mr. J. 11. Webber, Solicitor, 3, Caroline-street, Bedford-square, if by letter, post-paid. AFIRST-RATE HOTEL and BOARDING- L HOUSE adjoining, in Cheltenham, to be LET on LEASE, or SOLD, formerly well known as Fisher's Hotel and Boarding House, but since named the CLARENCE HOTEL, etc., in consequence of his late 'Majesty having sojourned there when Duke of Clarence. This establishment has enjoyed for upwards of thirty years a very extensive connection, and has been a principal resort of the most distinguished visitors to Cheltenham. The Hotel and Boarding House are distinct buildings, contiguous to each other, and are situate in the centre of the town, in a most convenient position for access to all the spas, walks, and drives of that favourite watering place, and very near to the depots of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail ways. The Hotel contains 13 sitting rooms, 35 best bed rooms, 13 servants bed rooms, with all requisite offices. The Boarding House containing 4 large public dining rooms and drawing rooms, 11 private sitting rooms, 34 best bed rooms, and 10 servants' bed rooms, with all necessary offices. Attached to these buildings are baths, a brewery, pleasure garden, coach-houses with standing for 24 car riages, stabling fur 31 h orses, l oose b oxes, an d numerous conven i ent offices. These extensive premises will be let from Lady-day next for a term of years, or sold if required. For further particulars, and to treat for a lease or sale, apply, if by letter postage paid, to Messrs. Lawrence and Newmarch, Soli citors, Cirencester. - - TO THE BENEVOLENT. T,WIDOW of the late GEORGE HEF FER, Coach-body-maker, Carlisle-place, Lambeth, and Norwood, Surrey, being by the sudden death of her husband, left in a state of deplorable destitution, appeals to the Charity of the Public for some Relief in her great distress. Mrs. Heifer was mar ried in 1770, and li ve d h appily with h i m, t h e mo th er of 3 0 9, when an i n t rigu i ng govern ess con trived to effect a separation between them. One guinea a week, allowed her by her husband, has supported Mrs. Heifer since that period ; but that sum she has lost by his sudden death, and has now no resource on earth, but what she hopes from the Charity of the Benevolent. She is old, helpless, and famishing. The following persons, to whom she was known in better days, have kindly offered to receive any sums, however trifling - , which may be given for her relief :—Viz., Mr. Elliot, Coachmaker, Westminster -bridge-road; Mr, Cannin, Coach-plater, 50, Long acre ; Messrs. Batcy and Finlay, Tailors, 40, Duke-street, St. James's ; Mr. Crabtree, No. 8, Strand ; Mr. Briant, Horns Ta vern, Kennington Canon. A public meeting of the above Society was held at Exeter Hall on Wednesday. It was moved by S. GunNuV, Esq., seconded by Sir AyousTusn'EsT2, that T. Fowell Buxton, Esq., be requested to take the chair. • The chair was accordingly taken by Mr. T. F. Buxton. On the platform we noticed Earl Fitzwilliam, P. Scrope, Esq., Baines, Esq., M.P., Rundle, Esq, MP., C. Lushington, Es q ., M.P., Sir Augustus D'Este, W. Allen, Esq., S. Gurney, Esq., D. Wheeler, Esq., A. Johnson, Esq., Josiah Foster, Esq., NV: D. Crewd- son, Esq., General Prendergast, Alers Hankey , Esq., Jos. Sturge, Esq , Rev. Wm. Binney, Rev. Dr. Fletcher, Rev. Dr. Pye Smith, Rev. Dr. Burder, G. Bennett, Esq , and the Rev. W. Ellis, and many other influ. ential persons. The CHAIRMAN said there were two things which he certainly re gretted. The first was that there was not a person more distinguished in rank and talent to take the chair than lie was. He could assure them that it was not his fault, for he had been earnest in his endeavours to get such a person to attend upon the occasion. The other was that the Committee had only felt themselves justified in engaging the Minor Hall, ani that even was not filled upon an occasion so important. Th e y must not however be disheartened. They might recollect that some So cieties had had very small beginnings which were now in a very flourish ing condition.—(Cheers.) In the early part of this century a few gen tlemen met in a room smaller than the one they were in fur the purpose of distributing a few Bibles to the poor in the principality of Wales— they were the nucleus of that great Society which were now sending thousands upon thousands of Bibles to all and every part of the world.— (Applause.) It was not more than fifteen years ago since, at the insti. ' gation of Mr. Wilberforce, a motion was introduced in the House of Commons for the abolition of slavery; at that time that subject had very few friends out of doors, and still fewer in the House—in fact nothing could west a more forlorn aspect—yet praised be God slavery had been abolished by law, and all England was one anti-slaVery Society.—(Ap plause.) And so he persuaded himself that their Society might become both eminent and useful.—(Applause.) He did not for a moment dis trust the generosity of the British public, when they came to know the facts of the case. When a case was laid before them, supported by un doubted facts, the sympathy of the British public would surely be given. Their case was, that there was in point of fact three millions—aye, more than three millions of our fellow men dependent upon the sympathy of the British public, to rescue them from a state of bondage into a state of freedom—to them it was a question of Christianity or Heathenism, of life or death. Some might say that it was right that the red or the black man should perish before the face of the white man—they might ascribe that to the Providence of God which was the cruel work of man. Let them say so, and then those three millions must follow the many three millions which have already perished under the apathy of the Bri. tish. Like as one of the Aborigines said, they will " Melt as the snow before the sun,"—they will be gone in the space of a few years. If the British public sympathised with them and assisted that Society, those three millions would advance in civilization, and by the blessing of God might become members and disciples of the same holy religion to which they belonged. That was their case. There were the deep and eternal interests of three millions of human beings at stake; only let that fact become known to the public, and he did not despair of the day soon arriving when those unhappy beings would be befriended. The object of the Society was to protect the Aborigines against the hard hearted aggressions of the white man—defence against the aggressions of civilised and Christian man, as he was called. He would riot mince the matter, it was defence against the aggressions of the British, for they were as bed as ever the Spaniards or the Portuguese were. Let them hear no more of the cruelties of Pizaro or other monsters of former days—in his conscience lie believed that the British were as bad as ever any of them were, and had as much to answer for. These poor beings had a claim—a strong claim upon British sympathy—they bad a claim of suffering humanity, which was an irresistible claim upon all mankind in civilised circumstances—(Hear) — they had claims upon those who were assembled here that they knew something of their wrongs—they had this further claim, that if we were but a small body, if small interest had been yet excited, they had this claim upon those who felt their wrongs to do their very best to benefit and defend them.—(Hear, hear.) But they had another claim, a most powerful claim which no honourable and humane mind could resist—the claim of their own defenceless inferiority. They had another claim, an irresistible claim—they had the claim of our ability to confer upon them the most important benefits—civilization, the arts which adorn life, the truths which disarm death of its terrors. The people of this coun. try had the ability, and ability implied duty, to befriend and support the defenceless But they had another claim which could not be resisted in this country—they had claim for compensation for the injustice which had already been inflicted—compensation and indemnification for the unnumbered wrongs which the people of England had inflicted upon them. He knew there was not much attention now paid to these things ; but the had a claim, and he who saw, and he who felt for the wrongs of the poor and the defenceless, knew that they had these claims. In the splendour of geographical discoveries, and of the extension of colo nial territory, these things were often forgotten. It was thought to be a very whimsical remark of Dr. Johnson, sixty years ago, that he did not like to hear of voyages of discovery, for he knew what they led to—that they led to oppression, to rapine, and to bloodshed. That whimsical as sertion had, however, been justified, for thousands and tens of thousands had since perished in consequence.—(Hear, hear.) The subject was not by any means understood by the British public, but he (Mr. B.) sat upon a Committee of the House of Commons last session, and for the two previous sessions, and what was the fact which had struck his mind most forcibly ? From every quarter there was the same evidence. Whether they went to the South Seas on the one hand, or to North America—whether they went to the frozen shores of Newfoundland, or to the heated morasses of Essequibo —go where they would, they had the same uniform case—namely, that Christian and civilized man had em ployed his influence, had exercised his authority, in oppressing and de stroying the true proprietors of the soil.—(Hear.) There was not an exception—there was not air instance to the contrary. Let them select any one place where there were Aboriginal inhabitants, and they would find that in any given spot European aggression, British aggres. sion had been destroying and despoiling the natives.—(Hear, hear.) It was not the business of a Chairman to enter widely into any subject — in doing so he would be departing from his duty ;,but there were a fe w facts which he wished to bring under the notice of the meeting, which had been undeniably proved in the presence of the Committee, Several of whom were now present. They were demonstrated in spite of considerable talent exercised in the other direction. He would first mention New.. foundland. When we took possession of Newfoundland in 1713, the population was very large. There was this proof, for example—whi c h he only gave as one of a variety of proofs—they had constructed a fen ce, which reached for thirty miles in order to entrap the deer. This must have occupied several thousands of people. In 1713, as he said already, we took possession. The very first attempt at conciliation, at an ami_ cable intercourse with the natives, occurred ninety-eight years after. wards—in 1811. That failed. Both sides were exhausted—a war had ita n an. sprung up among them—and i n 1823, the last native man and svoiahne were shot, he grieved to say, by t wo Englishmen.—(Hear, hear.) Thi s Society was too late for them—it could do nothing for them. The Carib s in the West Indies he would next allude to. If they looked into *ld authors they would see constant accounts of the Caribs , who appeared to namehave 1,, spread was through almost all all the tha Antilles.t,yas left Whore Let tiwerethem theynow?T n takeg other case. The North American Indian, in his natural state, was al ways supposed to be one of the finest specimens of uncivilized man— brave, hospitable, noble in his bearing, and endowed with the m os t i n. domitable fortitude. So we found them. What were they now in mum. berg Why, these tribes Which within the memory of man could mus. ter 8,000 or 10,000 persons, were now reduced to 200 or 300. That was not the Most appalling case. The case which struck him the most was, that those who were described by everybody as such noble spechnens of uncivilized man, were now represented to be, by an unexceptionable witness, more like the dram-drinkers of a polluted city.—(hear.) That was, we had slaughtered almost the whole of them, and the wretched remnant were now in this degraded situation. But that was not the worst case. There wits one that filled his soul with more horror. It wa s the case of our penal Settlements. What were we doing there ? They had sent out half a dozen missionaries—let it not be supposed that he meant to say a word against the Missionaries. He loved the Mie. sionary Societies for the spiritual instruction they afforded ; he loved them the more because he found that with very few friends indeed as these poor creatures had, wherever there was a Missionary there was a champion for the natives.—(Cheers.) He honored the Missionaries ten times more than he did, because he saw they were men when all were hostile, with no wish to create public approbation, who supported and maintained the rights, the natural and irresistible rights of the natives. —(Cheers) He honored every Missionary more than lie should have done if he had looked only on one side of the question. Ile was speak..) ing of the penal settlements—the Missionaries had done all that; but was it only those Missionaries, the six Missionaries they had sent out? No, but they had sent out over and above those six Missionaries some 20,000, 30,000, or 40,000 Missionaries of a very different Cast and character ; Missionaries who had perpetrated every species of evil among them ; Missionaries who had affected and polluted the innocence of the native mind with abominations ten times deeper than those of savage life.— (Cheers.) He really could hardly trust himself to speak upon those facts with reference to those penal settlements. Now with respect to Van Diemen's Land, there there was a large population ; the natives received them with open arms, as they always did ; but repeated deep injuries had their natural effect, they raised the spirit of the people, war took place, and this result ensued, that it was found necessary to trans port the natives in order that the miserable remnant of them might be preserved. He could well believe that the meeting would hardly give credit to the statements of individuals upon the subject ; but he would take the liberty of reading the facts of the case with reference to Van Diemen's Land. The meeting would doubtless believe what was stated by the Governor of that place, who was the instrument of catching and removing these people. He said that the necessity of driving a simple, and warlike, and noble-minded race from their native hunting grounds, was a misery so distressing that he would make almost any sacrifice in order to prevent being obliged to do so.— (Cheers.) The system had been such, that with every disposition to do right with most humane Governors, with every inclination to suppert the poor natives, they were unwillingly made the instruments of doing injury to them. The hoar creatures who had been extirpated from the face of their native earth, wore a simple, warlike, and noble race. The authority of the Governor was not the only one he would refer to, because he was anxious beyond everything else that the facts which he put forth should be established; for, if they went upon that principle, they would eventually succeed. He had higher authority than the Gil. vernor ; he had the authority of the Colonial Secretary, Sir George Mur ray, who said that the great decrease which had taken place lately in the original population, rendered it not unreasonable to apprehend that the whole race would become extinct. It was entirely British influence, Christian influence, which tended to the extinction and eradication of the people —(Cheers.) The Bight Hon. Baronet next proceeded to say that it was difficult to reconcile such proceedings with the feelings of humanity, or even justice or sound policy; then he said that such pro ceedings, if persevered in, would leave a stain on the British Govern. roent. He (Mr. Buxton) theueet that an inde`ible stain had been thrown upon the British Government.—(Cheers.) He wont,' now co me to New Holland, and with respect to that, lie had seen a document, the private journal of a Clergyman in that country, and the horrors that were there depicted were beyond his utterance. The cruelties which the people exercised, the vices they introduced and the diseases which they poured in upon them, were too bad for him to state.—(Cheers.) He could not produce this private journal, but lie would produce the evidence of the Bishop of the Diocese, w h o was the last man likely to libel t h ose within his diocese : yet what did Bishop Broughton say before a Committee of the House of Commons ? He said that the natives slid not so much re tire as decay, that wherever a European nice them they appeared to wear out and decay, and vanish from the face of the earth. He (tire Bishop) apprehended that in a limited period those who were most in contact with Europeans would be utterly extinct—he would not say ex. terminated—such had been the offsets of European intercourse upon their physical condition. But what effect had the Christians produced upon their moral condition ? The same Bishop said, " It is awful—it is appalling to consider that after an intercourse of nearly half a century with Christian people, these unhappy human beings are to this day in their original benighted and degraded condition. I may even proceed further—l may go so fares to express my fears that our settlement in their country has deteriorated a condition,which, before our interference was such, that nothing more miserable could be conceived."—(Hear.) "By their intercourse with us, also, the better part of their own charac ter has been lost, and they have adopted in exchange the worst part of ours."—(Hear.) There was present at the meeting a member of the Society of Friends, who a few years ago went out to the South Sea Islands, for the purpose of visiting, instructing., and consoling the peo ple.—(Applause.) He would inform the meeting of what he had seen, and his statements would be found to be more dismal than anything that could have been anticipated. In the last ten years one tenth of the po pulation had sunk under British influence; under which countless mur ders had been perpetrated—murders by the sword—murders by disease —murders by intemperance. He (Mr. B.) knew his friend's indisposi tion to come forward; but he put it to him, as a matter of duty, to state to the public what he knew upon this subject.—(Hear, hear, hear.) As to the Cape of Good Hope—if he were once to enter upon that subject; there would be no end to the recital of injuries and aggressions. There indeed, the native population had been saved by one man, and that was a Missionary—(Applause) —Dr. Phillips and his coadjutors.—(Renewed applause.) That population would have been swept from the face of the earth, but for the exertions of that Missionary and his friends, of whom one was now the Secre-ary to this Society. He (Mr. B.) supposed that his statements would not be credited by the meeting; they were too out. rageous to be believed upon the word of one individual like himself. He had been for years endeavouring to bring the attention of Parliament to this subject; but the answer which he received, except from very few Members was, that "such things might have happened in earlier and less enlightened times, but they could not occur in these benevolent days." But he (Mr. B.) would state to the meeting one fact, which belonged to the present days. He would mention the statement of the Captain of a British man-of-war, an able and intelligent commander, who was sent out to New Zealand. That officer lauded the conduct of the Missionaries, and described them as rendering much good to the natives; but he added that they were " in great danger from a wild and lawless band of ruffians, but were protected by a noble race." Well then, what was the case ? Those Missionaries went to a savage country, and one would suppose from the statement of that officer, that they were assailed by the uncivilised and cruel cannibals, and that they were befriended by humane, civilised, and christian men of their own race. But the fact was otherwise. They were in danger from men born in Britain, and calling themselves Christians—(Hear, hear,)—and they were protected by the savage and heathen cannibals.—(Hear, hear.) The same officer further said it was " deplorable so fine and intelligent a race of beings as the New Zealanders should continue in barbarism in the present state of civilization—that there was not a people on the earth more susceptible of high intellectual attainments, or more capable of becoming a civilised i and industrious community under a wise Government.—(Hear, hear.) A battle took place between two of the native tribes—and it was a happy effect of missionary labours that such contests were rendered less fre quent—but a battle unfortunately took place between two hostile tribes—the field of action was just in the neighbourhood of the mission, and both armies were passing and repassing through the settlement, but not one article of missionary property was touched — (Cheers)—and at another time when the savages were assembled at the same spot, they agreed by mutual consent to cease hostilities, and remove to another district, lest any of the Missionaries should be injured —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) These were the men of whom the very next paragraph spoke, stating that the abandoned ruffians who came from this country—who had been spared by these untutored natives—they had been robbed and plundered—their lives endangered—their females bru tally treated by abandoned ruffians born in this country, and who had found mercy from the savage.—(Hear, hear.) This gentleman, giving an account to the Government said, " Heretofore the great powertld moral influence of the Missionaries has done much to check the natural turbulence of the natives, but the dissolute conduct of the lower orders of our countrymen, not only tends to diminish that influence, but to provoke the resentment of the natives, who, if once excited, produce the most disastrous consequences."—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Buxton) did not wish to pursue this painful subject further. There were two, and only two, instances, however, in recent years, in which there had been something like justice executed ; he referred to that glorious act which he valued more than the victories of Waterloo or of Blenheim—the re. storation of their dominions to the Caffres, and the stipulation that they should be governed on Christian principles.—(Cheers.) And again, lie alluded to the caseof the Hottentot Aborigines, who had been reduced to a state of slavery, and who had been restored to their rights, owing to the exertions which had been made by a gentleman who had been in. sited to be present there to-day, Sir George Murray, who had made the Order in Council permanent, and not revokable, so that these natives now formed a very flourishing settlement.—(Cheers.) When the Aborigines Committee was sitting, there had been summoned to give evidence the Secretaries of the Church, of the Wesleyan, and of the London Mis sionary Societies, and this question was put to the first, (Mr. Coates)--" Is it y ou r op i n i on that Europeans coming in contact with the nati ve i n h a bit an t s — w i t h the exceptionotnecwasesanind whieh dangerous rjs ; sions are established—t en d s t o d egrade the morals of the natives—to introduce Europe an v i ces —t o spr e ad among them diseases—to accustom them to the use of ardent spirits —and of European arms and instruments of destruction, and prevent the diffusion ofciviliza lion, of education, and of Christianity—and that the effect of European intercourse generally has been, upon the whole, a calamity to heathen and savage nations ?" Earl Frrzwutuat here appeared upon the platform, and was much cheered. The CHAIRMAN in continuation, expressed his pleasure at seeing the Noble Earl, and his regret that his Lordship had not arrived in time to take the Chair. He was remarking that certain queries as to the bane ful effects of European intercourse with the natives of foreign settlements, had been put to Mr. Coates the Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, and that gentleman had answered unhesitatingly in the affirmative; and similar answers were given by Mr. Beecham, the Secretary of the Wesleyan, and Mr. Ellis, the Secre tary of the London Missionary Societies.—(Hear, hear, hear.) These gentlemen were also asked if, in the contentions between the Europeans and the natives, it had not generally occurred that the Europeans were in fault ? To which the reply was, from all three, "universally—as far as our knowledge extends."—(Hear, hear.) Could these things be true? Could it by possibility be true • that they, who surpassed all nations (as he believed they did) in commerce and wealth—perhaps in science and literature—in arts no nation was superior —in arms none more glorious—and that which was above all, the achieve. ments of arms and the exploits of genius, in the purity of their religion —was it possible, he would ask, that they who were blessed with such blessings by a gracious Providence, should visit the rude barbarian, and the defenceless savage, and impart to him—what ? Their know ledge! No such thing. Their civilization ? No. Their religion? No. But their vices and their diseases, their crimes, their gun-powder, their brandya h u t dt a i r thireoyshould pollutions.—(Hear, hear.) It was deeply t o b e regretted he a calamity to every native people th ey visited, and yet Britons, civilized persons , Christians too, were proud of all this. (Hear, hear, hear.) When some devoted men sacrificed every thing for the noble purpose of carrying instruction to those poor people, was it not a shame beyond all shame that they should have to seek shelter fr om the heathen savage, while they were plu n dered and pillaged and attacked by p ersons b orn i n this country. Were they to stand as a barrier and impediment to the pro. gress of Divine truth among those who, but for the conduct o f men ca lli ng themselves Christians, would love the name o f Ch rist?—(Hear, hear.) The worthy Chairman, in conclusion, apologised for having gone so far into this subject, and notwithstanding their meeting was pu bli c .—(Che ers. ) T hey had only to prove their case, and they v small and inconsiderable, yet great confidenc e was t o b e placed in the B of assistance and support.— ( Cheers.) They must discouraged—they be ,couraged—they must not d espa i r—t h ere was a higher power th a n human, whose irrisistible arm wo u ld b e extended to their aid even if all mankind should refuse.—(Loud ch eers. ) The SECaETAILY then read the R e p ort and the Treasurer's account. ,a ri n ti lt s t British plenty REPORT. The gigantic efforts of modern commerce —the restless spirit of advene ture it has created—the augmenting tide of emigration originating in th e superabundant population of the old European States—the occupa tion by new cobnies of Aboriginal territory, viewed in connection with the history of the past influence of colonies on the fate of the Aboriginal tribes, and the countless wrongs and sufferings that may yet be in flicted on myrials of the human family by the operation of the same causes—are circumstances which, while they demonstrate the iintior tance of such a Society as the present, whose labours should be specially devoted to the interests of the Aborigines, in their preservation and im. movement, are yet attended with so much perplexity and difficulty, that your C om mittee almost instinctively shrink from th e very attempt to meet a task of such magnitude. Conscious, however, of the rectitude of their motives, the merits of their object, and the force of their respon sibility, they have entered on a cause which they are persuaded cannot be without some valuable results on behalf of that large portion of the human race for which so little has hitherto been done, but to which so immense a debt is due. The abhorred and nefarious slave traffic, which has engaged for so a period the indefatigable labours of a noble band o f B r i tish phi _ g ro pists for its; suppression and annihilation, can scarce l y be regarded as less atrocious in its character, or destructive its its cons equences, th a n the system of modern colonisation as hitherto pursued. The two questions are indeed intimately blended with one another ; an d the energetic spirit that would universally suppress the s l ave traffic, cann ot rest without a corresponding effort to rescue an d elevate the o a tl coloured races at large. The colossal magnitude of the dependencies of Great Britain is not merely calculated to awaken the astonishment of all who watch with in terest the movements of human society, but to demand a system of en lightened, comprehensive, and persevering efforts, that such au instru ment of conveying blessings to the human race should not be perverted by a mistaken policy, by schemes of avarice and ambition, by lust of conquest, Gene, or wealth, into a mere instrument of evil, equally a curse to the thousands who inflict it, an the millions who suffer from it. It can r.o longer be concealed, nor ought it ever to have been con. coaled, that this mighty caging has been too generally employed hitherto for purposes that shrink from the light of investigation, whether on the ground of humanity, justice, or sound policy. British influence and British resources, British enterprise and British valour, have unhappily r roved the means of scattering misery and devastation over many a fair portion of the globe. Great Britain is at the present moment in commu nicaton with the uncivilised nations of the world to a far larger extent than any ot h er power on eart h ; an d h ence, as jus tl y remar k e d i n the Parliam2ntary Report on Aborigines—" The policy of this country its relatio n t o t h em has already affected t h e i nteres t s, an d we f ear we may add sacrificed the lives of many thousands, and may yet, in all pro bability, influence the character and destiny of millions of the human race." It is not affirming too much to say, that whether by the reck lessness of indi v id ua l s , th e un p r incipled aggressions of public b o di es, or the s anction of legislatures, the nationa l escu t c h eon of Great Britain has b een deeply stained, during a long course of years, in the inter course Englishmen have had with the uncivilised races. Extensive por tions of c oun t ry h ave b een gra d ua lly o bt a ined, without an equivalent, and ( Alen with manifest injustice and cruelty, from their rightf u l A b o . riginal possessors; the soil has been either depopulated of its original owners to snake way for its more powerful invaders, men with loftier p r etensions, but often inferior in principle, and with less humanity. By these men the too.conflding Aborigines, in not a few cases, when spared, have been saved rather for the convenience and emolument of these new occupants of the country, than from any consideration as to their fair claim to protection, friendship, and civilisation. A far different state of things might have been expected if the cha racter of our own free institutions, and the genius of that holy and emi ne ntle benevolent religion which we prtfess, had even but partially re gulated our intercourse with men we were too much accustomed to regard as irreclaimable " savages," and, as such, to consider as but the fair prey of the enterprising, the avaricious, and the powerful. Forget ting the supreme and eternal rule of rectitude between man and man, the foundation of all security, concord, and mutual well being—" to do unto others as we would they should do unto us"—we have trampled on the helpless, destroyed the innocent, scorned the cries of the sufferer, and wielded without relentings the scorpion rod of the oppressor. A new era has, however, we trust, already began to dawn. One of its earliest indications is that spirit of inquiry into the subject which has been awakened at home, and which will, we are persuaded, never again sink into repose till its great objects of justice and humanity are accomplished. Many noble and honourable sentiments have from time to time been expressed, for a long period past, in carefully prepared documents emanating from the House Executive, and conveyel to the Executive of our colonial possessions. But the most comprehensive, the most statesmanlike, the most British, the most Christian document fall on this great subject, is the dispatch of the Right Hon. Lord Gle nelg to Sir Benjamin D'Urban, of 9.fith December, 1835, on the affairs of the Cape Colony, but containing a just, eloquent, and masterly expo sition of the sound principles on which our intercourse with the uncivi lised border tribes of our colonies must be conducted. The public attention now awakened to the subject, and the extensive diffusion already given to the. dispatch referred to, are operating, we trust, to remove the reproach of that criminal indifference and apathy with which the British public have so long treated a subject so identified with their national character and interests. • It would not be difficult to account for the existence of that apathy, were reference made to the influence exercised by powerful commercial bodies at home and by interested parties in our colonies, in and out of the Government, in colouring or concealing facts, which if suffered to obtain the publicity that ought never to have been denied them, would have awakened sympathy and indignation in far less energetic times than the present. The mask is now thrown 4 if — systems are tried by their operations and results—evidence is laid before the tribunal of public opinion—appeal is made to the demands of justice, and the essential claims of fair dealing are upheld and demanded, by a voice of thunder that must be heard in the seats of Government in the Canadas—along the banks of the Orinoco and the Amazon—through the wilds of Africa and the swamps of Aus tralia—from the frozen dwellings of Labrador to the palmy banks of the Indies—in the Councils which govern the destiny of millions—and the hut of the New Zealander, and the kraal of the Caffre and the Zoola. Turning from these general remarks on the condition of the Abori gines of our Colonies, and of other nations, the Committee of the Abori gines' Protection Society, now proceed to the business which seems its special province on this occasion, namely, to explain the origin, the de sign, the incipient labours, and the prospective efforts of this Society, and thus to exhibit its claim to the patronage of an enlightened public. Although not a circumstance of the highest moment, the Committee have thought it right to notice briefly in this, the First Report of the Society, the circumstances which gave rise to the Society itself. The attention of several highly benevolent individuals, it is well known, has been for many years past actively directed to the consideration of the condition and claims of the Aborigines in our Colonies and of the coloured races generally, especially with the view of devising some means by which their existence might be preserved and their situation amelio. rated. Among these benevolent and public-spirited individuals your Com mittee consider it due to place in the foremost rank their highly respected President, Thos. Fowell Buxton. Esq. His absence from the present Par liament, arising from whatever cause, is the more regretted by this So. ciety, as it may be one principal reason that no important practical mea. sures, of a legislative character, have yet resulted from the suggestions contained in the Parliamentary Report on the state of the Aborigines. His health, this Society trusts, will be ere long sufficiently established to enable him to continue his valuable efforts on behalf of the coloured races in his place in the House of Commons. The Committee feel it incumbent on them to record an expression of the obligations of the Society to its earliestfriend, the indefatigable and philanthropic Dr. Hodgkin. To his disinterested and persevering exer tions in favour of the coloured races generally, almost every section of the world owes a debt of gratitude; and to this gentleman:the Committee feel bound to accord the honour of being recognised as sub.tantially the Father and Founder of the Aborigines Protection Society. Some preliminary meetings of gentlemen known to cherish a lively interest in the general question, led to the formation of a Committee, whose labours were much aided and facilitated by the zealous co-opera tion of the Society's first Honorary Secretaries, Saxe Bannister, Esq., late Attorney. General of New South Wales, and W. Higgins, Esq. Pres sure of other engagements having led these gentlemen to relinquish office in the Secretarial of the Society, lending their efficient aid, how ever, as members of the Committee, the present Secretaries were re. quested to accept the office. In the original conception of the Society, it was deemed eligible to embrace Foreign as well as British localities, so that the attention and efforts of the Society might not be restricted to the Aborigines in our own Colonies, but extended, so far as circumstances might admit, to the condition of Aborigines in every part of the world. The advantages con nected with this comprehension of object need not now be detailed. It may be sufficient to allude to the great and painfully interesting ques tion of the Slave Trade, in all its numerous ramifications, with the con_ dition of Haiti, and the independent tribes in the interior of Western, Southern, and Eastern Africa. A circumstance which gave considerable impulse to the incipient plans and efforts of this Society was the publication, in 1836, of the evidence taken before the Select Committee of the Honourable the House of Corn_ mobs, "appointed to consider what measures ought to be adopted with regard to the Native Inhabitants of countries where British Settlements are made, &c." That publication was accompanied by an intimation that a well digested Report could not then be prepared, as a portion of the evidence was not yet printed. The desired Report was subsequently laid before the llouse, and printed by its order, under date June - 1837. Of that Report,. as a whole, your Committee feel bound to express their conviction that a more important document, relating to the pros pective interests of millions of the human race, was never laid on the table of either Houso of Parliament. . _ _ ....... Impressed With a deep sense of its value and adaptation to secure a more general and enlightened attention to the question of the Abori gines, your Committee felt that they could not render a more important service to the cause they had undertaken than to reprint the " Report " in a form better suited to general circulation, and separate from the mass of evidence which, though of incalculable value, rendered the ori ginal Parliamentary publication far too voluminous fur the special ob jects contemplated by the Society. . . A further reason which induced the Committee to resolve on this re publication was the fact that, the large portion of evidence' taken and printed respecting the late Caffre war, was not made so prominent in the Report as, in the judgment of the Committee, the case demanded. The objects originally contemplated by the Society having undergone some slight modifications, have been ultimately adopted in the form ex pressed in the Regulations and Address published by the Society last year. Th 3 fundamental object of the Society is declared to be " To assist in protecting the defenceless, and promoting the advancement of Uncivi lized Tribes," and towards accomplishing this object the Society pur poses directing its labours, first, "to the collection of authentic infor mation concerning the character, habits and wants of uncivilized tribes, and especially those in or near the British Colonies;" and, second, " to communicate, in cheap publications, those details which may excite the interest of all classes, and thus insure the extension of correct opinions." The various points to which the attention of the Comnfittee has been directed shall be now briefly recapitulated. The first has been to open a correspondence with intelligent and bene volent individuals abroad, whose local information and influence the Committee could not but regard as invaluable. They are happy in being able to state that they have opened a correspondence with individua4 friendly to their objects in the following parts of the world : South Africa Upper Canada South Sea Islands Bombay New South Wales New York South Australia Western Australia Brazils The Committee are desirous of being favoured with communications from well-informed gentlemen resident in all the various localities to which the Society directs its attention. They beg respectfully to invite such communications, conveying the most specific and authentic Bence of all circumstances connected with the Aborigines, as the most effectual means of guiding the Society to the adoption of wise and appro priate measures on their behalf. NORTH AMERICA. The attention of the Committee was directed in a very early stage o its proceedings, to the condition of the North American Indians in our Canadian Colonies. A Memorial on their behalf, though not precisely originating with this Society, but entrusted to its care, and signed by many of its members, was presented to Lord Glenelg, and, it is hoped, not without some effect. The Committee have had various interviews with the intelligent and interesting representative of those Indians from the River Credit, the Rev. Peter Jones; and they ardently hoped that his visit to England, aided by the zealous co-operation of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, may not be without extensive and permanent benefit to that remnant of a tine race of people, whose unhappy lot cannot fail to arrest the sympathy of the humane in every quarter of the globe. The Committee has looked, with a feeling bordering on dismay, on the system, they can scarcely refrain from designating as unrighteous, of re moving from their paternal lands the comparatively small remnant of a once flourishing race of men, to a situation scarcely capable of support ing any portion of the human family, and that man could only desire as a quiet grave from the insatiate appetite of an invader and oppressor. On the appointment of the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham as Gover nor-General of all her Majesty's Possessions in North America, the Com mittee resolved on memorializing his Excellency on behalf of the Canadian Indians, and although an opportunity was not afforded them of present ing the Memorial, with its appendix of valuahle official documents, in person, they have received from Charles Buller, jun., Esq., Secretary to his Lordship, a communication assuring them, by his Lordship's desire, " That every attention shall be paid to the intere3ting subject to which the Society had called his attention ;" adding, "You need not doubt that it will be the first wish of his Government, in all its transactions with the Native Tribes, to take every precaution that justice and humanity may suggest for their protection." The Committee have been gratified in learning from a communication conveyed to them by one of their number, Sir Augustus D'Este, " that the Colonial Office has adopted some favorable measures respecting the title deeds, for the time to come, to secure to the Canadian Indians the quiet and uninterrupted enjoyment of their small reservations of Land." The Committee are not yet acquainted with the precise nature of those measures, and are therefore not able to pronounce any further opinion on them. That important changes in the manner of treating the American In. dians of our Colony In the Canadas, had become highly expedient, stronger evidence need not be adduced than that contained in the despatch of Sir George Murray, January 25, 1830, in which he remarks " what ever may have been the reasons which have hitherto recommended an adherence to the present system, I am satisfied that it ought not to be persisted in for the future, and that so enlarged a view of the nature of our connections with the Indian Tribes should be taken as may lead to the adoption of proper measure 3 for their preservation and improve ment, whilst at the same time, the obligations of moral duty and sound policy should not be lost sight of." SOUTH AFRICA. In connexion with South Africa two circumstances have occupied the attention of the Society, one respecting the location of Hottentots on the Great Fish River, similar to those already established on the Kat River; the other respecting the emigration of Boors from the Colony, an,l their invasion of the territory of the native chief of the Zoolas, Mosclakatzi. After maturely considering the destitute condition of the Hottentots now being located by the Honourable the Lieutenant Governor, Cap tain Stockinstrom, and after personal communication on the part of this Committee with the 11ev. Dr. Philip, while in England, on the subject, it was resolved to prepare an appeal to the British public cn their be .. •. half, and which has been put into circulation. The Honourable the Lieutenant Governor had given the strongest proof of his own convic. Wm of the utility of such locations by his prompt and benevolent sub- ' scription from his own private resources of the handsome sum of 3,000 Rix dollars. Dr. Philip has also proved his high opinion of the import ance of the objeet by the handsome donation of 1001. sterling towards it. The settlement at the Kat River has been demonstrated to be a st:*cerss ful experiment, both as regards the improvement and cemtort of the Aborigines themselves, anti the safety and defence of the Colony. There scorns every reason to conclude that the present plan of farming other similar locations on the Great Fish River, will be equally advantageous The appointment of the Honourable C:iptain Stockinstrom to be Lieu tenant Governor of the Eastern Provin Co of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, has always appeared to your Society one of the most import ant Measures that could be adopted in reference both the welfare of the Colony on its eastern frontier, and the defence and improvement of the Aboriginal Tribes, falling within the influence of his government. To the long experience, the enlightened views, the liberal policy, and the high moral principles of the Honourable Captain Stockinstrom, the Com mittee feel they may look with the most perfect confidence, assured that the interest of the Colonists will not be sacrificed to partialities for the Reprinted, with Comments, by the Committee of the Aborigines Protection Society, and sold by w. Ball, Aldine Chambers, Paternoster row, Hatchard and Sen,Piccadiliy, and other booksellers. vines, nor the intere: _ _ he prosperity of the Colonists. It is most earnestly to be hoped that neither public countenance, nor the effectual support of the Colonial Executive, will be withheld from the Lieutenant Governor in the prosecution 'of measures so distinguished by matured wisdom, genuine humanity, and essential justice. On that support obviously depends the efficiency of the measures proposed, and probably of all future measures for a long period to come, in favor of the Aborigines in that part of the world. In an interview had by one of the officers of the Society with his Ex cellency, General Napier, the present Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, a few days previous to his leaving England, his Excellency, after expressing a deep interest in all questions relating to the Aborigines, end his full approval of the measures adopted on their behalf by the Lieute nant Governor, the Honourable Captain Stockinstrom, as far as they.liad come under his observation, was pleased to observe, " that it would be his ambition to surrender his trust on retiring from his Government without having fired a single hostile shot at the native tribes." It was gratifying also to the Society to learn, as a mark of his Excel. lency's feeling towards the native tribes, that in an interview he had with lan Tzatzoe, the Carer Chief, while in this country, he not only expressed his earnest wish to remain on terms of peace and friendship with the border tribes, but his sincere desire to make use of all means in his power for their protection and improvement, and as a further token of his regard for this Christian Chieftain, he requested his acceptance of a handsome present as mark of his esteem. The case of the destruction of the Tribe of Zoolas, under the Govern ment of Moselakatzi, by the emigrant Boors, has awakened a deep into rest.in the minds of the Committee. A comprehensive view of the cm.: has been communicated to the Society in the shape of an extract from a journal drawn up by Captain Harris, of the Honorable East India Com_ parry's service, and sent from the Cape of Good Ilope to this country, to Dr. Hodgkin, by that eminent friend of humanity and distinguished or nament of science, Sir John Herschel. From this document it appears that the number of emigrants amounted to 5,000.er 6,000 souls, includ ing 1,600 men capable of carrying arms; that on their way towards Port Natal, they had entered the territory of the warlike and jealous Chieftain, Moselakatzi, in a way that led to hostilities, and the infliction of much misery and suffering on both parties. Later accounts convey the intelligence that sanguinary conflicts had continued, that the tribe of Aborigines under 11foselakatzi, had been en tirely defeated and routed, and the Chieftain himself compelled to seek safety in an ignominious retreat, with a few followers, to a ravine in some distant mountains. The American Mission commenced among this tribe, under very favorable and promising circumstances, has been of course annihilated by the retirement of the Mission families from a spot where no longer any natives remained to receive their instructions. Extensive and increasing evils to the Colony, and the native tribes bordering on it, as well as others stretching far beyond it, are threatened by these misguided and unprincipled emigrants, who have carried with them a deeply looted antipathy against a government which they fancy had unjustly deprived them of their property in the emancipation of their slaves, notwithstanding the compensation paid them, and in de claring the Aborigines of the Colony a free people, entitled to the equal laws and protection of the British Government. The Committee lost no time in seeking the honor of an interview with the Right Honorable Lord Glenelg, as Secretary of State for the Colo nies, when they embraced the opportunity promptly afforded them of laying the case before his Lordship, and since then of conveying in a documentary form the verbal statements to which they had solicited his Lordship's attention. The most difficult problem to be solved in this painful affair is, to de vise practicable measures for repressing the existing evils of this emi gration without creating the probability of protracted, extensive, and ruinous war along the whole line of the North Eastern Frontier of our Colony, or on the frontiers of our friends and allies of the native tribes. The obligation of the British Government to assist in protecting these border tribes of uncivilized Aborigines, against the predatory and hostile incursions of our own subjects, notwithstanding the resolu tion of the latter to renounce their allegiance to the British Crown, ap. pear to the Society greatly confirmed by the fact, that treaties of friend. ship have been entered into between some of those tribes and the British Government. Friendly embassies had been interchanged be. tween Mosclakatzi, Dingaan, and others, with the Colonial Govern ment, from which, treaties would, in all probability, ere long have re. suited. After contemplating such alliances, in what light can they re. gard either the sincerity or the authority of the British Government, in permitting, so quietly as they have done, the irruption of the Colonists on their territories, and the destructive attacks made on them and their property. In the case of Mosclakatzi, it is important to keep in view that al. though he commenced the attack on the emigrants, they had most un justifiably placedthernselves in the position ofenemies, making an inroad on his territories. Since they had not merely entered his country without his permission, but by a route which he had utterly prohibited, under the known determination to consider• all as invaders and enemies who entered his country by that route. In order to secure himself against hostile and sudden invasion from that quarter, he employed armed par ties of his soldiers or police to examine and scour this part of the coup. try. A body of these armed subjects of Moselakatzi fell in with a party of the emigrants, whom they, of course, attacked, and over whom, by superiority of numbers, they easily obtained a victory. This created on the part of the emigrants a thirst for revenge. A cry for war was raised—blood was demanded—the friends of the conquered party, rein forced by others from the colony, flew to arms—attacked the principal camp of the Chieftain, Moselakatzi, and nearly destroyed the whole, leaving a fearful demonstration of their reckless disregard of all native rights, and their resolution, as civilived men, not to yield the palm for ferocity and revenge to uncivilized tribes or pagan warriors. The intentions of the emigrant boors to abandon the colony, and the spirit by which they were actuated, having been so long known to the Government at the Cape, it has been thought by the Committee some. what anomalous that no decisive local measures appear to have been adopted with the view of checking them in the first instance, and espe. cially after receiving intelligence of some of the evils inflicted on their border tribes by these intruders. Nor can it be passed over without se rious animadversion, that, in not a few cases, these emigrants, it is feared, have taken with them, under whatever pretence, many of the apprentices, to be still retained in slavery —even of those for whom they had received their share of the twenty millions sterling compensation money. The difficulty of devising effectual and suitable measures to check the progress of these evils, if not to punish the guilty authors of these cola. unties on innocent tribes of our allies, is no argument against the duty of attempting to discover such remedies as the case demands. To dis cover and to apply the actual remedy seems to belong properly to the Executive, in maintaining the laws already existing, so far as adequate to the position of atrairs—or to the Legislature to produce further and more effectual enactments if the former are found insufficient, It has, however, occurred to the Committee that two things may be done. One relates to the Act already passed in the 6th and ith Wil. ham the 4th, entitled, " An Act for the prevention and punishment of offences committed by his Majesty's subjects within certain territories adjacent to the colony of the Cape of Good Hope." This Act extends the jurisdiction of the Colonial Courts to offences committed by British subjects, to the 25th degree of south latitude, without prejudice to the independent rights of the tribes occupying those territories. In carrying into force the provisions of that law, it has been thought the parties of emigrants might, in the first instance, be summoned to return, and held responsible to the Colonial Courts, and in the event of their refusal to comply with the demand, they be forthwith declared outlaws, and t heir lemaining pr.)perty in the colony, if any, confiscated. Such a measure, it is conceived, though it might not repair past wrongs, or induce any who have left the Colony to return to it, might operate as a warning and check on others inclined to adopt a similar course. It would also be a pledge to the native tribes of the sincerity and determination of the Bri tish Government to discourage all such aggressions on the rights and prop*ty of the Aborigines bordering on our Colony. A further measure, which it appears even still more desirable and practicable to adopt, is that of enabling the native tribes to put them into a position of defending themselves and their rights. They may be encouraged to form treaties of friendship not only with the Bri tish Government,but with one another for their own mutual defence and protection. If some measures do not shortly emanate from the Home or Colonial Government to check this enormous and increasing evil, it will create the most insurmountable obstacles to the establishment of Missions and the progress of Christianity and civilization among the numerous native tribes in South Africa. If every band of restless and discontented Cape Colonists, disaffected towards the British Government, be permitted on stepping beyond the frontiers to declare themselves independent, and beyond the restraints of law, by renouncing their allegiance to the Bri tish Government, we can only look forward with gloomy forebodings to a state of anarchy, confusion, and extermina!ing warfare in South Af rica, amidst which thousands of the natives must inevitably perish before their more crafty and powerful invaders. MADAGASCAR. • The Committee appointed a deputation to communicate with the em. bassy from her Majesty the Queen of illadagascar, while in this country in the spring of last year, to express the lively interest they felt in the welfare of the inhabitants of that island, and to offer them any assistance it might be in their power to yield. The Committee unite with the many thousands of their fellow coun trymen in the extreme pain with which they have heard of the persecu tion against Christianity in that fine island. They cherish a deep irate. rest on the part of the Aborigines of that country, who, in various parts of the island are suffering from the impolitic, cruel, and despotic mea sures of the dominant tribes of the 'lovas under the government of Ita navalona the Queen, who is aiming by the combined efforts of craft and force to obtain the sovereignty of the island, and whose measures, at this moment, are nearly fatal to the commerce, civilization, and moral improvement of the whole country. The geographical position of Ma dagascar, in relation to the African coast, r,nders it exceedingly desire able that the progress of civilization might not be impeded there. Ma dagascar raised to a capacity of exercising a Christian influence, the op posite coast of Africa could nat but participate in the advantages re sulting from it. NEW ZEALAND. The attention of the Committee has been anxiously directed to the subject, already before the British public, of the colonization of New Zealand. And so far as the interests of the natives of that country are concerned, they cannot but watch with intense interest and vigilant jea lousy the result of the Committee of Inquiry in the House of Lords. The Committee cannot but express their satisfaction that such measures of inquiry have been adopted. Anxious that the utmost information should be obtained on the subject, they deprecate any thing like a pre cipitate eagerness to close the investigation—to frame a report —or to in troduce measures for immediate appliCation. In the report of the Par liamentary Committee on Aborigines, dated June, 1837, it was strongly advised that the Executive Government should not give its countenance to any of the schemes for colonizing New Zealand till an opportunity should have been olfsred to both Houses of Parliament of laying before her Majesty their humble advice as to the policy of such an enlargement of her Maresty's dominions. The investigation made by the present Committee of Inquiry and the information they will elicit, will all materially tend, it is hoped, not merely to guide her Majesty's Government in the adoption of measures affecting this particular case, but in awakening the attention of many of our most enlightened Statesmen to the subject of the coloured races ge nerally, and of the colonization by British subjects of territories more or less occupied by the coloured races. The New Zealand cage appears to your Committee attended with many difficulties, for the question is not now whether any Colony at all shall be attempted there, for that question is settled by the fact of such large numbers of British subjects being already there, as to demand some legislative interference in the way of controul. It will not ba friendship to the Aborigines to leave them a prey to the unprincipled and lawless, under the plea of the injustice that might be done them by the establishment of a British colony among them. The non-interference has now gone on too long, not to justify and demand immediate interfe rence. Too many wrongs have been connived at, not to enforce the itYl. perative necessity of immediately interposing some power that may check them for the futnre, even though it should prove inadequate to indem nify- the sufferers for the past. The remark made by the Parliamentary Committee, already noticed in reference to the South Sea Islands, ap pear to your Committee exceedingly just and appropriate. " Hitherto the various Governments of Christendom hove respected the rights of the native Chieftains; and no attempt has been made to subject the Islanders to the dominion of any European state. It is impossible not to approve this forbearance. Great Britain will not, it is hoped, ever exert her power to destroy the political rights of these comparatively feeble and defenceless people; yet it cannot be denied that their National Independ. once cannot be consulted without seine immediate injury to their social welfare. British merchants, seamen, and runaway convicts from o ur Australian colonies, are enabled to commit crimes with impunity in th e South Sea Islands, because we regard them as foreign states; whil e yet they are destitute of the rysources by which other indep en d ent powers defend themselves end their pe o p l e against outrage and wrong. e whose coa l oppressions mr ee of mankind te The u:timate consequences are readily foreseen. A new race of bucca ai-.% e t r h necrs apappearr in the sou,stililel ink r n oee c a t t a i t v l e a s r \ g v i i % i , l , sink, while they All these remarks apply with the utmost force to New Zealand;. w hi c h , f r om its extent, its population, the character of its inhabitants, its productiveness, and the number of Europeans already irregularly settled there, offers a theatre of dangers which no Blend to the Abell gives can overlook, and no Minister of the British Crown can safely despise. HULL STEAME it S. THREE DAYS A WEEK. 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